Ubuntu – Difference between Qt Creator and Ubuntu SDK

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Having downloaded them both when I installed the Ubuntu SDK, I wonder if there is any tangible difference between the two, such as the libraries being employed.

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Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform IDE (integrated development environment) tailored to the needs of Qt developers. It is part of the Qt Project qt-project.org .

Qt Creator focuses on providing features that help new Qt users get up and running faster, and also boost the productivity of experienced Qt developers.

Code editor with C++, QML and ECMAscript support
Rapid code navigation tools
Syntax highlighting and code completion
Static code checking and style hints as you type
Support for source code refactoring
Context sensitive help
Code folding
Parenthesis matching and parenthesis selection modes

Ubuntu SDK

The Ubuntu SDK is your full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) for writing Ubuntu apps.

Based on Qt Creator, the Ubuntu SDK provides all the tools you need to get up and running and super productive developing Ubuntu apps of all types, with QML and HTML5 supported now and other possibilities on the radar.

More importantly the Ubuntu SDK comes with a huge collections of QML components to create Touch applications themed for Ubuntu, visit this link for a quick overview.

Ubuntu SDK highlights:

All the technical brilliance and capabilities of the QtCreator platform with additional Ubuntu-specific features layered on top
New Project Wizard simplifies creating new QML and HTML5 app projects
Bazaar (and other) version control system built-in
Beautiful GUI with wide range of advanced code editing features and preferences
Run app projects from the SDK on the development system, on attached devices, and on Ubuntu emulators
Manage attached physical devices and create and manage Ubuntu emulator instances
Package the app project as a click package for easy publishing
Install and run click packages on devices and Ubuntu emulators
Debug support
Run kits for run time environment and other options

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Ubuntu – How to Uninstall the Ubuntu SDK

Yes you can remove Ubuntu-SDK without re-installing Ubuntu. Once it is removed, you can also remove all library files associated with it.

Run following commands in series:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove ubuntu-sdk
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove ubuntu-sdk
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
$ sudo apt-get -f install

Above commands will remove Ubuntu-SDK from your system. If you get any error after any command, just edit your question and paste the result. Reply for further assistance.

Ubuntu – the difference between appindicator and AppIndicator3

The differences might seem subtle in actual usage, but:

There may be deeper stuff that you can look into but that should get you pointed in the right direction. Nothing to do with the version of Python. All the heavy lifting is done through GObject introspection.

Oh there does seem to be a difference in the version of libindicator each binds to too.